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/dɪspəˈzəs/ · verb
To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them..
Though Mars himſelfe the angry God of armes, And all the earthly Potentates conſpire, To diſpoſſeſſe me of this Diadem: Yet wil I weare it in deſpight of them As great commander of this Eaſtearne world, […]
It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.
Use dispossess when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dispossess means To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them..
Common synonyms include divest, strip, deprive.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Though Mars himſelfe the angry God of armes, And all the earthly Potentates conſpire, To diſpoſſeſſe me of this Diadem: Yet wil I weare it in deſpight of them As great commander of this Eaſtearne world, […]
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